We know that many of you have been waiting patiently for an update to the "smileys" in AOL Mail's compose. Well, today the wait is over! We are excited to give you 80 new ways to express yourself through the power of little yellow (mostly) icons.

Try them out when writing your next email and, as always, please tell us what you think. Give us your feedback (the good, the bad and the ugly) right here.

Have you ever composed an email and realized midway through that you needed information from another email before you could send it? An address, maybe?

Well it happens to us all the time, which is why we're so excited to bring you "Pop-Up Compose." A new way to compose email that allows you to peruse your inbox, even open up other emails, without having to close the email you are currently composing. Like so:

If you decide that you'd like more space to compose a certain email just click the expand button to switch to the original full-pane mode. Like so:

You can set "Pop-Up" as your default compose mode on the "Compose" page in Mail Settings. You can get to Mail Settings from the "Options" menu in the top right corner of AOL Mail.

We hope you like the new functionality and we always appreciate your feedback (the good, the bad and the ugly). Tell us what you think right here.